Dolphins, Red Sea

"Wild dolphins normally go hunting in deeper waters at sunset, but they have to surface to catch a breath of air," says Your Shot contributor Natalia Pryanishnikova, who took this photo during the Dolphin Watch project, a scientific study of dolphins in the Red Sea.

After watching the pod of dolphins all day, documenting their behavior and travel routes, Pryanishnikova saw that they had started hunting and waited close to the surface for interesting silhouette opportunities. "I was lucky to meet them exactly as they surfaced in the light of the setting sun," she says.

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This is beautiful. although the perspectives we all have after watching
documentaries like "The Cove" and the difficulties these smart
creatures are facing in Japan, there is nothing left but to contribute with
awareness and if possible with real contributions to save dolphins. When
did we come to control the life and survival of such creatures? I wish
my sons and grandsons will be able to see pictures like these on their
generation and to see dolphins jumping out the open sea...